… You start from nothing and learn as you go. – E. L. Doctorow

Sunday Discovery: An Islamic History of Europe

This documentary is a timely find given the recent terrorist attack in Norway. I have only read part of Anders Behring Breivik’s 1,516 page manifesto; it is difficult to read a document written by a man who would murder me because of who I am as well as my beliefs.

In Breivik’s view of history, the relationship between Islam and Christianity has always been and will ever be adversarial. I have met Europeans who claim that Islamic rule in Europe was nothing but a disaster. This documentary teaches us otherwise.

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